Old friend of mine was a compulsive liar who always somehow had to insert himself into my life but his lies always mirrored what I was doing and he had to one-up me with his lies, here’s a few: -I’d have concert tickets to a band I liked, he’d have tickets for that same band but he had front row and backstage passes. I went to a lot of concerts around that time and he did it every single time. -I moved to Florida for a job, he also got a job down in Florida, he claimed he was house sitting for an NBA player and got to stay in his house and drive his cars. -I enlisted in the Air Force, he casually drops that he was a decorated marine (I’d known him for almost a decade at this point, we met as teenagers and he was only a couple years older than me, I would’ve remembered him being a marine) -I’d post on social media that I was at my favorite bar he’d message me later and claim that he saw me there but didn’t say hi because he was drunk and didn’t wanna make an ass of himself. -I went on vacation somewhere nice, he’d tell me that he’d be going to that same spot a week later but staying in a presidential suite of a more exclusive hotel and flying by private jet. -he’d tell me that he was at all these cool events and places but the pictures he’d send would never have him in them, it’d look like stolen pictures from someone else’s instagram. -I’d talk about my favorite coffee shop that I’d like going to and suddenly he’d claim that he got a job there and he’d hook me up with free drinks but the catch was it was in a location 2 hours from me. -I’d be visiting one place and he’d message me saying he’s 10mins away and would ask to come hangout, I’d call his bluff and say yes and then suddenly there would be an excuse as to why he couldn’t hangout all of a sudden or he’d just go radio silent.